On today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Republican State Sen. Jesse Bjorkman to talk about the Alaska Legislature’s ongoing special session and the Alaska LNG Project tax break driving debate.

President Donald Trump pardons a Wasilla mechanic accused of removing anti-pollution devices from diesel trucks. Kenai Peninsula school board members mull new policies pertaining to artificial intelligence. Plus, Alaska Public Media reports Alaska's booth at the Great American State Fair is a bit of a dud.

A Soldotna swimmer brought home a silver medal after landing a 35-second finish in the 50-yard freestyle at the Special Olympics USA Games last month in Minnesota.

The Seward Highway was closed for about 8 hours and reopened Saturday morning.

A semitruck carrying fuel and fish overturns near Seward. A Soldotna swimmer takes home silver at the Special Olympics USA Games. Plus, a State House Committee finds a Homer lawmaker likely violated the law when she used state letterhead to criticize a local newspaper.

The Alaska Division of Forestry says the exact cause of the fire is still under investigation, but has ruled out lightning, suggesting the blaze was human-caused.

State foresters say quick work by firefighters has stymied a wildfire near Soldotna. State lawmakers delay action on a compromise tax break bill for the Alaska LNG Project. Plus, a new study finds puffin populations are declining in the Kodiak Archipelago.

In a letter, Griebel says he is resigning from the assembly to take a job with the borough.

In February, 36-year-old Kirby Calderwood pleaded guilty to murdering Anesha “Duffy” Murnane. He accepted a plea deal through which state prosecutors dropped eight other charges in the case.

Scott Griebel resigns from the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly. A Homer man who pleaded guilty to murdering a Homer woman who went missing in 2019 is sentenced to 87 years in prison. Plus, the Sitka Sound Science Center finds a message in a bottle.